Barry Schwartz:
The way we think about work is broken
In this Ted Talk, reasons why people work are explored and broken down by psychologist Barry Schwartz. He also talks about how different types of work are either degrading or extremely back breaking. So why do people do it? He answers his own question simply by saying that "they do it for the money". The answer goes deeper than that though. The people trapped in these strenuous careers are not working simply to have money. In most cases, these jobs are the only option people have in order to put food on the table for both themselves and their family. Sometimes a whole family can be involved in working these challenging jobs in order to help their parents and to bring in whatever extra money they can.
Further exploration into the lives of impoverished people and the tiresome jobs that they are forced to do to provide for their families can be found in the book Working in the Shadows. In this text, Gabriel Thompson travels all over to experience what poverty stricken immigrants go through on a daily basis. One of the places where he visits is the Dole lettuce farm. It is here, that Thompson witnesses entire families of immigrants working extremely laborious jobs just to put food on the table. Oddly, some of them enjoyed their job because it was one of the easier jobs they have done and it also offers a steady flow of money that can be put towards essentials.
Sadly, poverty is a theme in that is all too common in America. There are people from every race, religion, and sexuality that face poverty on a daily basis whether you are in America or somewhere else in the world. You can find people with situations like the immigrants working on the lettuce farm, everywhere you look. No matter the job, the incentive to work is the same.
Further exploration into the lives of impoverished people and the tiresome jobs that they are forced to do to provide for their families can be found in the book Working in the Shadows. In this text, Gabriel Thompson travels all over to experience what poverty stricken immigrants go through on a daily basis. One of the places where he visits is the Dole lettuce farm. It is here, that Thompson witnesses entire families of immigrants working extremely laborious jobs just to put food on the table. Oddly, some of them enjoyed their job because it was one of the easier jobs they have done and it also offers a steady flow of money that can be put towards essentials.
Sadly, poverty is a theme in that is all too common in America. There are people from every race, religion, and sexuality that face poverty on a daily basis whether you are in America or somewhere else in the world. You can find people with situations like the immigrants working on the lettuce farm, everywhere you look. No matter the job, the incentive to work is the same.